Usually when someone claims that you need "saving" from something that cannot be proven, they are trying to sell you something. Psychiatry is a great example of this. Religion is another.

I should report you for scamming (Just kidding).

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The baby boomer generation is literally drinking itself to death at a time when medical marijuana should be – and could be – saving their lives.

As reported by the UK's Daily Mail, boomers born in the post-World War II period between 1946 and 1964 are distinct from previous generations because of their far great indulgence in hedonistic, aesthetic lifestyles, and this is particularly evident in their drinking habits.

Some believe that boomers drink at greater volumes than previous generations because during their formative years advertising for alcohol and tobacco was much more widespread. It could also be due to the fact that boomers have it much better than their parents, for the most part.

Now aged between 51 and 70, boomers' drinking habits are leading many to a premature grave. Between 1992 and 2006, average weekly alcohol consumption for boomers aged 45–64 increased by a staggering 85 percent. That compares with a 50 percent increase in drinking for those aged 65 and older, and a 45 percent increase in the 16–24 age group.

Follow-up studies have revealed similar findings, the Daily Mail reported. Between 2005 and 2013, for instance, the percentage of males consuming eight or more alcohol units – which is equal to four pints of normal strength beer – on any given day over the previous week changed by just 5 percent, and that was in the over-65 age group.
 

Loneliness and alcohol kill

By comparison, the drinking rate fell by 30 percent among 16–24 year-olds, 19 percent in the 22–44 year-old age group, and 12 percent for those between 45 and 64 years of age.

Additional data contains identical drinking patterns among baby boomers, the paper said. Between 2001 and 2014, alcohol-related deaths in England skyrocketed by more than 150 percent, while alcohol-related admissions to the hospital rose faster among the boomer generation than any other.

Admissions for behavioral and mental disorders attributed to alcohol abuse are now higher than those for alcoholic liver disease in those over the age of 60.

"Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves." Herbert Marcuse

The FBI is worried: foreign hackers have broken into two state election databases.

The Department of Homeland Security is worried: the nation's voting system needs greater protection against cyberattacks.

I, on the other hand, am not overly worried: after all, the voting booths have already been hacked by a political elite comprised of Republicans and Democrats who are determined to retain power at all costs.

The outcome is a foregone conclusion: the police state will win and "we the people" will lose.

The damage has already been done.

The DHS, which has offered to help "secure" the nation's elections, has already helped to lock down the nation.

Remember, the DHS is the agency that ushered in the domestic use of surveillance drones, expanded the reach of fusion centers, stockpiled an alarming amount of ammunition, urged Americans to become snitches through a "see something, say something" campaign, oversaw the fumbling antics of TSA agents everywhere, militarized the nation's police, spied on activists and veterans, distributed license plate readers and cell phone trackers to law enforcement agencies, contracted to build detention camps, carried out military drills and lockdowns in American cities, conducted virtual strip searches of airline passengers, established Constitution-free border zones, funded city-wide surveillance cameras, and generally turned our republic into a police state.

So, no, I'm not falling for the government's scare tactics about Russian hackers.

I'm not losing a night's sleep over the thought that this election might by any more rigged than it already is.

And I'm not holding my breath in the hopes that the winner of this year's particular popularity contest will save us from government surveillance, weaponized drones, militarized police, endless wars, SWAT team raids, red light cameras, asset forfeiture schemes, overcriminalization, profit-driven private prisons, graft and corruption, or any of the other evils that masquerade as official government business these days.

What I've come to realize is that Americans want to engage in the reassurance ritual of voting.

They want to believe that politics matter.

They want to be persuaded that there's a difference between the Republicans and Democrats (there's not).

They will swear that Barack Obama has been an improvement on George W. Bush (he has not).

They are convinced that Hillary Clinton's values are different from Donald Trump's (with both of them, money talks).

Most of all, they want to buy into the fantasy that when we elect a president, we're getting someone who truly represents "we the people" rather than the corporate state (in fact, in the oligarchy that is the American police state, an elite group of wealthy donors is calling the shots).

The sad truth is that it doesn't matter who wins the White House, because they all work for the same boss: Corporate America. Understanding this, many corporations hedge their bets on who will win the White House by splitting their donations between Democratic and Republican candidates.

Politics is a game, a joke, a hustle, a con, a distraction, a spectacle, a sport, and for many devout Americans, a religion. It is a political illusion aimed at persuading the citizenry that we are free, that our vote counts, and that we actually have some control over the government when in fact, we are prisoners of a police state.

In other words, it's a sophisticated ruse aimed at keeping us divided and fighting over two parties whose priorities are exactly the same so that we don't join forces and do what the Declaration of Independence suggests, which is to throw the whole lot out and start over.

It's no secret that both parties support endless war, engage in out-of-control spending, ignore the citizenry's basic rights, have no respect for the rule of law, are bought and paid for by Big Business, care most about their own power, and have a long record of expanding government and shrinking liberty. Most of all, both parties enjoy an intimate, incestuous history with each other and with the moneyed elite that rule this country.

Despite the jabs the candidates volley at each other for the benefit of the cameras, they're a relatively chummy bunch away from the spotlight. Moreover, despite Congress' so-called political gridlock, our elected officials seem to have no trouble finding common ground when it's time to collectively kowtow to the megacorporations, lobbyists, defense contractors and other special interest groups to whom they have pledged their true allegiance.

So don't be fooled by the smear campaigns and name-calling or drawn into their politics of hate. They're just useful tactics that have been proven to engage voters and increase voter turnout while keeping the citizenry at each other's throats.

We're in trouble, folks.

We are living in a fantasy world carefully crafted to resemble a representative democracy.

It used to be that the cogs, wheels and gear shifts in our government machinery worked to keep our republic running smoothly. However, without our fully realizing it, the mechanism has changed. Its purpose is no longer to keep our republic running smoothly. To the contrary, this particular contraption's purpose is to keep the corporate police state in power. Its various parts are already a corrupt part of the whole.

Agree. I didn't really care when I was younger. A friend of mine went to a few hallelujah meetings and was "born again"
He asked me to read the bible and I did. The book is really disgusting. I have been an atheist ever since.
I talked to my friend and told him to read the book. He is also an atheist after he did it.
The things he was told about the bible in church turned out to be lies

They also tend to skip over the gruesome, blood thirsty, vengeful, violent, pornographic, misogynistic, homophobic verses when reading verses out loud. If Christians read their Bible, they would know that God is not pro-life, so it makes no sense to oppose abortion. There is a verse in Hosea where he commands the blood thirsty warriors of God to rip pregnant women open with swords, dashing their unborn into pieces.

Exactly my point... Christians need cherry picked verses read to them...

They do not read it themselves, cover to cover... or they would become atheists

When in doubt... ask google:
https://www.google.com/#q=the+fastest+way+to+become+an+atheist

You can't solve the problem by banning religion. What we need is proper education and a fair wealth distribution. Without those, ban anything as much as you can, we will still get fucked.Take a look at the streets, one dude drives a ferrari while  the other begs for food on the streets.

LOL... Christians don't actually read their bible... if they read it, they would become Atheists

I believe that guns are not weapons, they are tools. How they are used is up to the person holding it. Guns themselves can't do anything it is the person with the gun that decides where the bullet goes.

Gun control will not stop violence because a violent person doesn’t need a gun to be violent. Taking guns away from violent people will not make them less violent. It might make them more violent. Violent people can use anything to be violent. Taking guns away from violent people is no more than just taking one out of a thousand more ways to hurt, rob, or kill you.

I think it's time to ban breathing. It causes carbon emissions and boosts global warming.

I'm confused by the way you worded your statement. Are you implying that there wasn't a Third Reich? Or are you claiming that there weren't any concentration camps? Either way, it sounds very Alex Jonesy to me.

Churches steal more from citizens than any corrupt government. There's a reason Joel Osteen is so rich! Of course you bring up the argument: "The Dark Ages weren't really dark! They invented lots of things, like waterboarding!". Classical right winged religious nut argument

Actually, the most secular countries in the world are the ones that fare the best on both an economical and human rights standpoint.

I can't imagine a country that uses the Bible as the source of its morals/values, we have already had that, Christianity gave us the Dark Ages where the Church banned reading for over a thousand years.

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Christians are simply unwilling to take the time to think about what they are reading in the bible, if at all.

That's already been done before. I believe it was known as the Third Reich. But you already knew that.

It's easy to advocate for tight policing when you're not a victim to their profiling.